Entry recorder



Nov. 20 1923. 1,474,789

' J. w. RHODEN v ENTRY RECORDER 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June' :so 1922ulm:

Nov; 20 1923.

J. w. RHODEN ENTRY RECORDER Filed June 30 3 SheetsFSheet 2 SSheets-Sheet 3 Nov. 2o, 1923.

vJ. W. RHODEN ENTRY RECORDER Filed June` 30 Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

UNITEDY STATES 7 1,474,789 PATENT" OFFICE.

JOI-IN W. BHODEN, OF HOSFORD, FLORIDA.

Application filed .Tune 30,

To all whom. t may 'G0/acera:

Be it known that I, JOHN lV. RHonnN, a citizen ot the United States,residing at Hosiord7 in the county ot Liberty and State ot Flo ida, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Entry Recorders; and ldo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription et the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures otreference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification.

This invention relates to admission recorders and has 'for an object toprovide a device of improved type especially though not exclusivelyadapted for recording the number of admissions to a street-car, or thelike. i i i A' further object ot the invention is to provide incombination with a place off' admission, such tor instance as the entryto a street-car, a revolving door or turn-stile with improved meansassociated for recording the number of actuations imparted to saidturnestile or door by the passing therethrough of persons.

A further oloject of the invention is to provide in combination withsome movable entry obstruction a traveling ribbon and means actuatedbythe movement ot the obstruction for punching holes in said ribbon, one'tor each actuation.

' further object of the invention is to provide a traveling ribbonrecording mechanism with means for advancing the same with a step bystep movement, and improved mechanism tor insuring uniformity oit'travel to the ribbon, so that punch marks appearing thereon may beaccurately enumerated by applying the ribbon to a scale properlycalibrated or by Calibrating the ribbon itself. I

A turther object ot the invention is to provide in combination with amanually rotatable part, a ribbon with means for advancing the ribbonwith uniform step by step movement at each actuation of the rotatingpart, and means actuated at the termination ,of the manual movement forpunching a perforation in the ribbon. l

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain inovel partsq elements, units, combinations and functionss therewithENTRY RECORDER.

1922. Serial No. 572,008.

as disclosed in the drawings, together with mechanical equivalentsthereof, as will oe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a top plan view of the mechanism of the recorder with thetop of the casing remove-d;

Figure 2 is a view of the mechanism in edge elevation with the housingremoved, as indicated by line 2 2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the mechanism taken online 3 3 of Figure 2 with the part positioned as at the completeunwinding of the ribbon;

Figure 4t is a view in edge elevation ot' a.

.art of the mechanism taken on line 4 4 oi Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a detail vertical sectional view through the punch mechanismtaken on line 5 5 ot Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a View in edge eleva-tion of the punch mechanism, as.indicated by line 6 6 of Figures l and 2; l

Figure 7 is a view partly insection and partly in elevation of aconventional struc'-` ture intended. to represent a street or other car,with the device applied thereto in one approved manner.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views The entrance recorder which forms the subject matter otthis application is adapted for location in a great `variety of placesand positions and ttor recording entries for a great variety otpurposes. One of the principal uses tor the device will be 'found in andtrolley cars and the drawing discloses it in connection with such astructure, although it is to be understood that the showing ot thedevice associated with such structure is no limitation upon its use orutility.

ln the drawingsTv therefore, a conventional street-car is shown at 10with the device shown therein comprising a revolving door ll having afoot bearing 12 and a pintle 13 at the top extending upwardly throughthe bottoniV i4, upon which the device is erected. This bottom or base14 is provided with a housing 15 ot any approved shape and material andshown here as constructed ot sheet metal with rounded corners, but it isto be understood that this shape of construction er material is notessential. to

the invention. ln one side ot the housing a sight opening is providedhaving a transparent closure 16 which performs only the tum-,tion otdisclosing when the device is properly i'unctioning.

Located within the housing l5 and upon the upper end o'l the pintle lare two disks 17 and i8, the disk li" being provided with a plmi'alityoi' notches l) about its perimeter while the disk 1S is provided with alikey number oi. eccentric cams 2() having shoulders 2l arrangedsubstantially as radii ot the disk. lis will be noted, the pintle l-J issquared or arranged i n such manner as to ilorm rigid and permanentconnections with the disks i7 and i8, so 'that said disks rotate withsaid pintle and therefore with the re\f'olvingdoor ll. s indicated atFigure T the revolving,l door is provided with :tour leaves 1,6, but itis to be understood that the. number of leaves of: the door so indicatedis only 'tor convenience of illustration and that the number may be anynumber tound desirable. The disks 17 and i8 are`r therefore, providedwith a like number of notches 19 and cams 2O and while shown as tour inthe drawing, it is to be understood that this is only to correspond tothe number et leaves in the revolving door ll and that the door ll witha greater or less number ot leaves will call for a like increase ordecrease in the number of notches and cams in the disks 17 and 18.

Adjacent the pintle 13 and the disks l and 1 8 a plunger 22 is mountedto reciprocate in a bearing 23 and a spring` 24 is provided bearingagainst a collar 25 rigid upon the plunger 22 and against the abutment2G tendingr to hold the plunger yieldingly in engagement with the camsurfaces 20 ot the disk i8.

The abutment 26 is oriliced, as indicated at 2T at Figures 23 and 5 anda perforating point 2S is carried by an arm 29 integral with or rigidlysecured to the collar 25 and so positioned that as the plunger 22reciprocates the penetrating point will move Vfrom :full line positionshown at Figure 5 to dotted line position shown at said figure and toperiodically return to full line position to per'lorate the travelingribbon 30. It will be noted that this traveling ribbon 30 passes overthe front of the abutment 26 and across the orifice 2T and in itspassage over rollers 3l and 32. The roller 3l is preferably covered uponits exterior surface with some tractioli-increasing material indicatedat 33, which may be of rubber or any such material and the ribbon l() isheld in intimate engagement therewith by a spring-pressed idler 34. Themanner of applying the tension to the idler 34 is immaterial to thepresent inventionl` but a convenient; and approved manner is byjournaling said idler upon an arm 35, which said arm is pivoted at 36,and a spring 37 employed to hold said idler rl in engagement with theribbon 30 passing about a segment ot the perimeter ot the roller 3l.'ilo actuate said roller with a step by step mcvemeu and, therefore,advance the ribbon 3U with a uniform movement, a ratchet 3e is n'iountedrigidly upon the roller 3l and a paul 25S) is pivoted at 4:0 upon theplunger with a spring Ll-l 'lor holding said pawl in engagen'ient withvthe perimeter ot the ratchet 25S. lt will be obif'ious that as theplunger reciprocates it will, by engagement of the pawl 39 with aratchet 38, advance said ratchet. with astep by step rotary movement.

For carrying the ribbon 3() a spool 4:2 is mounted upon a pintle 4:3 anda hub la provides means 'tor accommodating the ribbon wound thereon tosubstantially lill said spool initially, as indicated at Figure l.

The pintle t3 is mounted upon a block Ll5 which is in turn mounted toslide between guide-ways Li6 and a spring a7 is provided tending to holdthe pin 48 carried by said block in engagement with the notch 49 oit thelatch 50. The latch 50 is mounted to reci procate in guides 5l and aspring l2 is provided tending to throw said latch 50 into engagementwith one ot the notches 19 ol? Vthe disk l? when released by themovenient ot the block 4to, as indicated at Figure 3. Tl is movement isbrought about by the tact that the ribbon 30 is connected with the hub-il/l in any approved manner, afs-by the hook in such manner that whenthe ribbon is wholly unwound lrom the hub lll the continued movement ofthe ribbon in its direction ot unwinding, being` also in the directionet the movement oit the block, the tension of the spring l? will movesaid block out ot its engagement with the latch 50, permitting` saidlatch, under the stress ol" (lie spring 52, to engage the perimeter ofthe disk 1'? and the first ot the notches l!) which come into positiontor engagement therewith. i

To take up the ribbon as it passes over the roller 3l a spool 5/-lisalso provided, having a pulley over which a slip-belt 5G passes 'fromthe pulley 57, moving as a unitary structure with the roller Theoperation ot the device is initiated by the placing upon the pintle 4-8a spool el unperforated ribbon 30 and passing the end of said ribbonabout the idle roller 32 across the abutment. 26 in liront ot theperforation 27 over the feed roller 3l. and under the idler 34 andconnecting` the end with the hub ot the take-up spool 54.

The device is now in position to operate and as each person passesthrough the revolving door ot the type indicated in the drawing the doorwill be rotated one-quarter ot a revolution, or such portion of arevolution as an entire revolution divided by the Cir leaves oi: thedoor, or turn-stile. The revolution of the door through a segment ofrotation will rotate the disk 18 through a like segment in the directionindicated by the arrow in Figure l. This rotation will cause the plunger22 to ride up Ithe incline on t-he cams 2() until the disk has passedthe point permitting the plunger to drop over the shoulder 2l. lVhilethe plunger 22 is advancing by riding up the incline on the cam 2O itcauses the pawl 39, in engagement with the ratchet 38, to rotate thefeed roller 3l a step advancing the ribbon in the direction indicated bythe arrows over and across the perforation 27. lVhen -th-e cam 2l hasmoved through its entire arc of movement, the plunger 22 `will drop overthe shoulder 2l and under the action ot the spring 24C will cause theperforating point 28 to perforate the ribbon 30, passing through theribbon and into the orifice 2T. It also causes the pawl 39 to draw backone step in position to engage the next tooth of the ratchet 38. Therotation ot the feed roller 31, as indicated, causes the ribbon 30 tomove forward a uniform distance with each step bv stepmovement ot saidroller and the ribbon is taken up on the take-up spool by reason of thedrive of said spool through the movement of the slip-belt 56. Thisoperation is continued once for each person passing through the dooruntil the period of use is ende-d, whereupon the ribbon is removed fromthe housing and the number ot perforations counted or otherwisecalculated.

It it should so happen that the period of use should extend over such a.period that the strip` does not number sufficient length to accommodateall ot the` p-ertorations, the final result will be the drawing of thespool 42 and block Ll5 to release the latch 50, which will engage one ofthe notches i9 and thereby lock the door against further movement. lnthis position'it is obvious that the further use of the device will beimpossible until a new roll of ribbon has been put in position and thedevice re-set manually to engage the latch 50 by the pin-tle 48.

What l claim is: y

l. An entry recorder comprising a rotating obstruction` va cam rotatedby the rotating obstruction, a plunger reciprocated by the rotating cam,a ribbon, spools carrying the ribbon, means actuated by the plungerI forwinding the ribbon from one spool toy the other with a uniform step bystep progression. and means carried by the plunger for perforating theribbon at each reciprocation of the plunger.

2. An entry recorder comprising a rotating obstruction, adisk rotated bythe obstruction and provided with a plurality of perimetrical cams, areciprocating plunger positioned substantially as a radius or' the 55disk, and held in yielding engagement with the perimetrical cams, spacedspools, a ribbon passing from one spool to the other, an oriicedabutment positioned to accommodate the moving ribbon, means actuated bythe reciprocation ot the plunger for winding the ribbon from one spoolto the other with a uniform step by step progression, and means carriedby the plunge-r co-acting with the abutment for perforating the ribbonat uniform intervals.V

3. An entry recorder comprisinga rotating obstruction, a ribbon, spoolscarrying the ribbon, means actuated by the rotation of the obstructiontor winding the ribbon from one spool to the other, and means to lockthe movement of the obstruction when the ribbon has been exhausted fromthe storage spool.

4:. An entry recorder comprising a rotating obstruction, a storage spooland a takeup spool, a Perforating mechanism, a ribbon passing from thestorage spool by the perforating mechanism to the take-up spool, meansactuated from the rotation of the obstruction to operate the take-up andthe perorating mechanism, a latch Yfor the rotating obstruction, meansassociated with the storage spool for holding the latch normallyinoperative, and means connecting the terminal of the ribbon with thestorage spool tending to move said storage spool to release Said latch.

. 5. An entry recorder comprising a rotating obstruction, a diskrotating with said Vrotating obstruction and provided with a pluralityof perimetrical notches, a second disk rotating with said rotatingobstruction and provided with a like number of eccentric cams, spacedribbon spools, a ribbon carried by the spools, a plunger mounted inengagement with the cams adapted to reciprocate at. the movement. oiceach cam relative thereto, means carried by the plunger 'for advancingthe take-up spool with a step by step movement, means carried plungertor pertorating the ribbon at each recipirocation, a latch Positioned toengage the notches ot the notched disk, a sliding mechanism journalingthe storage spool, means carried by the sliding mechanism for engagingthe latch to hold it normally inoperative, and means connecting theterminal of the ribbon with the storage spool tending to move thesliding mechanism to release the latch at the exhausting ot the ribbonfrom' the storage spool.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

JOHN W. Rl-IODEN.

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